Big B feels proud to be associated with Indian cinema

shanBollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has said that Indian cinema is one entity that brings all together, adding that he feels proud to be associated with it.

Brooke Bond India Limited honoured Bachchan with a special award named ‘Taj Enlighten Tareef Award’ for his contribution to Indian film industry.

In his thanks giving and acceptance speech, Amitabh Bachchan said, "In many ways I feel that Indian cinema is a great integrator and at a time when all of us are thinking separately wanted to do things separately of bringing divides amongst ourselves."

" Indian cinema is one entity that is bringing all of us together and I think I feel very proud to be associated with it," he claimed.

Bachchan made his film debut in 1969 as one of the seven protagonists in `Saat Hindustani` but won critical acclaim and success in 1971 with the film ‘Anand’.

The film, which catapulted him to the path of super-stardom, was `Sholay`. After this Amitabh kept giving hits like `Amar Akbar Anthony`, `Kabhi Kabhie` and `Trishul` and `Muqaddar Ka Sikander` among others and since then he has never looked back.